Category «Education»

How to Improve the Explanatory Power of an Intelligent Textbook: a Case Study in Legal Writing

Sovrano, F., Ashley, K., Brusilovsky, P.L. et al. How to Improve the Explanatory Power of an Intelligent Textbook: a Case Study in Legal Writing. Int J Artif Intell Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-024-00399-w – “Explanatory processes are at the core of scientific investigation, legal reasoning, and education. However, effectively explaining complex or large amounts of information, such …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Researchers warned against using AI to peer review academic papers

Semafor [read free on first click only]: “Researchers should not be using tools like ChatGPT to automatically peer review papers, warned organizers of top AI conferences and academic publishers worried about maintaining intellectual integrity. With recent advances in large language models, researchers have been increasingly using them to write peer reviews — a time-honored academic …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management

Inside libraries’ battle for better e-book access

Axios: “Librarians are mounting a fierce state-by-state battle against the high prices they pay to provide patrons with e-books — so far, with little to show for it. Why it matters: The ongoing dispute threatens library patrons’ access to e-books. Where it stands: Publishers typically require libraries to renew the license to each e-book every …

Subjects: Education, Financial System, Libraries

40,000 AI-narrated audiobooks flood Audible, dividing authors and listeners

TechSpot: “A new breed of audiobook is taking over digital bookshelves – ones narrated not by professional voice actors, but by artificial intelligence voices. It’s an AI audiobook revolution that has been turbo-charged by Amazon. Since announcing a beta tool last year allowing self-published authors to generate AI “virtual voice” narrations for their ebooks, over …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management

Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2023

The Times of Israel: “In 2023, France registered the highest increase in recorded antisemitic incidents of any country with reliable statistics, according to data released in a new report that warned that current trends could threaten the very “ability to lead Jewish lives in the West.” Published Sunday by Tel Aviv University and the Anti-Defamation …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Legal Research

ChatGPT in higher education – a synthesis of the literature and a future research agenda

Bhullar, P.S., Joshi, M. & Chugh, R. ChatGPT in higher education – a synthesis of the literature and a future research agenda. Educ Inf Technol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12723-x- “ChatGPT has emerged as a significant subject of research and exploration, casting a critical spotlight on teaching and learning practices in the higher education domain. This study examines …

Subjects: AI, Education

The Battle for Attention

The New Yorker [unpaywalled] – “How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?Last year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported a huge ten-year decline in reading, math, and science performance among fifteen-year-olds globally, a third of whom cited digital distraction as an issue. Clinical presentations of attention problems have …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Social Media

Your Teams Should Drive AI Adoption Not Senior Leadership

Harvard Business Review: “Artificial intelligence has been around for a long time, but it is breaking out in a big way right now. As companies start to appreciate the almost boundless potential of Generative AI, they have begun to fast-track existing AI projects and are starting new ones in all areas of the business, including …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research